Open House Monthly

The popularity of the Open House weekend has led to a year-round programme of events – building, photography and boat tours, as well as talks and debates – which are attended by thousands of architecture-enthusiasts each year.

Our architecture tours are led by specialist guides who help you look at the themes and issues shaping the capital today, from the design of homes, to infrastructure and urban landscapes. Our events and debates cover pressing topics about our city, from sustainable city making to the benefits (or not!) of building on the green belt.

Architecture by Night

Wednesday 21 February 6.30pm

Photographing the City’s iconic structures by night, when lighting dramatically re-enforces their presence. This is an introductory tour led by an acclaimed architectural photographer and member of the architectural photography agency VIEW Pictures

From Cathedral to Commerce

Saturday 24 February/10 March 10am

Explore the architecture of the City of London from Wren to Rogers with this photographic walking tour looking at how to effectively photograph the City, a hugely impressive mix of history and modernity, where new vistas are continually opening of this ever-changing cityscape.

Your guide is an architectural historian and conservation advisor with a particular interest in 20th century architecture and post-war development in London.

It was very entertaining listening to Benedict O’Looney's encyclopedic knowledge of the buildings and bridges along the Thames

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Past Architecture on the Thames tour attendee

Excellent commentary and great to see things from a different viewpoint - both physically and intellectually!

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Past Architecture on the Thames tour attendee

The tour offered a large number of vistas which are easily overlooked. As I know the City well, it was particularly rewarding to see buildings with which I was reasonably familiar, from a completely new point of view, through the eyes of a photographer